Companies Continue Sustainable Partnership

Consumer goods company, Unilever, and Dutch dairy giant, FrieslandCampina, have extended their existing sustainability partnership.

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Unilever and FrieslandCampina have pledged to co-operate on development and innovation while promoting sustainable production, packaging, and logistics.

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State of the Industry: Top 10 Trends to Shape Cold Food Chain in 2024

With the help of some supply chain visibility, sustainable measures, more focus on people and the ability to pivot at a moment’s notice, 2024 is anyone’s and everyone’s game to succeed.

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SCN Summit: Future of the Supply Chain

December 5, 2023

Register now to learn more about what's in store for 2024 and beyond. Topics revolve around Warehouse Automation, Supply Chain Visibility, AI, Cold Chain, Electrification and more.

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Women in Supply Chain Forum: Better Together is Best

This year’s Women in Supply Chain Forum displayed that working together, collaborating together and learning from each other really is what’s best for the future of the supply chain.

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Alternate Fuels Gap Continues to Shrink: Survey

The majority of respondents (59%) indicated they are operating their trucks five years or less before replacement, which continues to support today’s greater focus on shortening asset life cycles.

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5 Ways to Maximize Eco Savings with AI-Powered Logistics

Here’s five ways food manufacturers can use AI to operate supply chains more sustainably, adding a new meaning to “going green” — saving money while saving the planet.

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Top 5 Consumer Trends in 2024

Consumers have accepted the inevitability of uncertainty and have adopted a day-to-day focus, striving to protect their physical and emotional wellness.

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Digital Supply Chains Safeguard Quality, Minimize Risk, Improve Sustainability

In an exclusive interview with Food Logistics, Alex Haar, chief product officer, Parsyl, details how digital supply chains can have a huge impact in safeguarding quality, minimizing food safety issues and improving sustainability.

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Global Decarbonization Solution to Reduce Life-Cycle Carbon Emissions in Air Freight

Flexport.org, the sustainability and impact arm at Flexport, partnered with CHOOOSE to accelerate the decarbonization of air freight with a new global decarbonization solution.

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The Case for Packaging Sustainability in Food and Beverage Manufacturing

Companies that promote sustainability throughout their operations will be better positioned to succeed and compete in an environmentally conscious marketplace.

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Additional Cropland Needed to Sustain World’s Demand for Food, Feed, Fuel and Natural Capital

Close to 70-80Mha of additional cropland, equivalent to all of Brazil’s cropland, will be required by 2030 to sustain the world’s demand for food, feed, fuel and natural capital, according to new insight from McKinsey & Company.

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#BetterTogether. Women in Supply Chain Forum Promotes Collaboration in Logistics

The Women in Supply Chain Forum is the industry’s premier networking and educational forum tailored to men and women in executive-level positions to expand their professional network through thought-provoking discussion panels.

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How Food Manufacturers Develop an Effective Sustainable Energy Strategy

For energy-intensive industries like logistics and manufacturing, it’s important to have a strategic approach toward monitoring, managing, and ultimately, reducing energy usage.

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Yellow-Legged Hornet: Is it a Threat to Agriculture?

While the yellow-legged hornet is not a current emergency threat to food processors, it is a threat to pollinators and warrants the government eradication program and citizen support.

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The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research Funds Initiative to Study Food Procurement Policies

Determining how to set these public food procurement policies is complex.

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Why the Food and Beverage Industry will Benefit from Electric Fleets

Food and beverage companies that decarbonize their fleets will be leaders in helping turn the industry from being planet-negative to planet-positive.

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Program Makes for Seamless EV Charger Selection and Hardware-Software Compatibility

Synop launched Works with Synop, a program that provides customers the assurance of seamless hardware-software compatibility.

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California Truck Manufacturers Meet Zero-Emissions Target 2 Years Ahead of Schedule

Truck manufacturers are exceeding targeted sales of zero-emissions vehicles and are now two years ahead of schedule, according to research from the California Air Resources Board.

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What are the Largest Blockers in Your Business?

In an exclusive interview with Food Logistics, James Newman, head of product and portfolio marketing at Augury, advises supply chain leaders to discover the largest blockers in the business and begin the digitalization process there.

Infrastructure plays a role in how quickly and easily companies can transition their fleet accordingly.

How Advanced Clean Fleets Rule Impacts Cold Food Chain

Fleet owners are projected to save an estimated $48 billion in their total operating costs from the transition through 2050. But how does this ruling impact how temperature-controlled foods and beverages move across state lines?

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How to Stay Sustainable and Resilient with Propane

Ultimately, warehouses using propane for prime, backup, and equipment power are better equipped to handle whatever energy-related challenges come their way.

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How Automated Data Collection Helps Maintain a Greener Warehouse

When it comes to building a more sustainable business practice, shifting to a greener warehouse is key and the ability to do so may come from an unlikely place – automated data collection.

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Cultivating the Resilient Fleets of Tomorrow

By embracing diversity, technology, data-driven decision-making and strong relationships, 3PLs can better prepare respond to disruptions as they arise.

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4 Ways Cold Chain Facilities Manage Energy

New energy management tools are helping food producers and logistics providers optimize refrigeration equipment, maintain real-time temperature records, measure energy by customer and SKU and prepare for the electrification of trucks and TRUs.

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Produce Stakeholders Say Weather and Input Costs are Negatively Impacting Business

With growers, producers and packers comprising a majority of survey respondents (55%), the data underscores how increasing volatility and unpredictability limit the fresh produce sector as a vital industry.

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Sustainability Tool Provides Shipment Emissions Calculations

Greensee is a pioneering sustainability business dedicated to providing unparalleled shipment emissions calculations and energy reduction solutions for the intermodal transportation industry.

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Carrier Transicold’s New Container Refrigeration Unit to Deliver Fuel Efficiency Improvements

The OptimaLINE system lowers annual energy costs by up to 15% compared to previous Carrier units, and provides a greater reduction of CO2 emissions by up to 40% compared to previous Carrier units.

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UgoWork’s Energy Management Platform to Transform Battery Intelligence for Industrial Trucks

UgoPilot is set to reshape industries such as food and beverage, third-party logistics (3PL), warehousing and manufacturing.